title: Self-esteem and its associated factors among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor.
abstract: Self-esteem is an important determinant of psychological well-being that is particularly problematic during adolescent life stage. There is a correlation between low self-esteem and other social problems among today's adolescents. This study was conducted to determine the mean self-esteem score, and to determine the association between self-esteem and age, sex, race, religion, number of siblings, ranking among siblings, family function, parental marital status and smoking among adolescents aged 12 to 20-years-old. A cross sectional study design using random cluster sampling method was done. Four out of a total of 35 secondary schools in Klang District, Selangor were selected. Respondents consisted of individual students in selected classes from the four selected schools. Data was collected using a self-administered, structured, pre-tested questionnaire and was analyzed using the SPSS version 12.0. Out of 1089 respondents, 793 completed the questionnaire (response rate 73.82%). The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. The mean self-esteem score for males (27.99) was slightly higher than females (27.31). The differences in the mean scores by race were statistically significant. There was a statistically significant relationship between mean self-esteem scores and sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function. There was no statistically significant difference between mean self-esteem score with parental marital status and with ranking among siblings. The overall mean self-esteem score was 27.65. Self-esteem was associated with sex, age, race, religion, number of siblings, smoking and family function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sherina
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampal
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Teh
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires